Families to remember Buttevant victims 25 years on

RELATIVES of the 11 victims of the 1980 Buttevant rail tragedy will today gather for the first official memorial to the disaster on its 25th anniversary.

Family members of the dead will light remembrance candles at the special memorial commissioned by Irish Rail.

The five-foot tall bronze-cast structure, which is inscribed with the victims’ names, will be unveiled at the accident site.